Boluwatife Oduleye
Nov 4 · 4 min read

CC 102: AN INTRODUCTION TO CAMPUS CLOTHS

The campus is a jungle filled with diverse personalities and trait-individuals whose religion and culture form their belief system making them very unique in their levels of approach.

Hence, it’s safe to say that we have some major characteristics of individual personalities on campus. These characters are the ones in which we come across during our stay in the university

For some, you’d have encounters with people who are socially profound while their academic brilliance is scored low compared to their social skills.

These sets of individuals are simply the influencers of the school’s pop culture. They don’t get to be in charge of the school affairs but are a great source of influence on the school’s union. They help host and bring top celebrities to the school and they also help build the vibe that makes the school unique from other schools...

I guess you can call them the #vibesters

The vibesters are very needed in the school environment just like we need our scholars also.

They are the Club Kings, the Event Planners, the Social Week Directors, The Bloggers, The Celebrities, the Artists and so on.

These are, to me "the body of the school".

They are the ones who have something to sell to you at the university. They render services and learn how to put their customers first at such a young stage in their academic life and they even know their crowd and know how to pull a crowd.

Before now, I had an antipathy for people of this category. You’d rarely see me commend their existence in school or even participate in such events convene by their likes. But the fact remains that, you being a scholarly student or academically sound, doesn’t mean you should be ignorant of the events that occur in your immediate environment.

Just don’t over think it, do it and live it. Let it come as a chance to get out of the usual.

But in all things let us approach decency.

Amidst these people with diverse personalities and skills-set comes those who are the consumers which can be categorized as either the "Cool Cats" (due to the wealth of their parents) or the "Lavish Spenders" (the audience of the Vibesters). With these set of individuals around you, be rest assured that you'd be pressured in leaving a fantasy life just to meet up with the trend if peradventure your parents aren't as rich.

It won’t do you any good, take it from one who has been in the mix of such people for up to 4years. You are better off with a group that might not be as buoyant financially but are incredibly smart and innovative.

Now, this is not to say that being a Cool Cat is all bad and not rewarding.

Everyone at some point will need to get something from the vibesters and will also aim at some point in their lives to be buoyant as such.

The major concern though should be that, whatever category you find yourself, make sure you approach things with wisdom.

Asides the Vibesters and the Lavishers, We have the Unidentified Strollers.

This ones don’t even have a clue of the events that goes on campus. They simply live their lives as they come, not thinking of making the best of their campus experience.

This category has two sub-categories which are:
1. The educational Loafers.

This kind of individual doesn’t participate in any activity if given the opportunity not to. They simply want to be spoon-fed. They wouldn’t even be found doing anything or going the extra mile to make their ideas known or met. They don’t fight for their beliefs and in most situations, are seen to simply go with the flow and the rhythm placed before them.

2. The second type of individual is the F.B.I’s (for book initiative). They are the ones, who while it could be said of them to be social loafers too, are educationally sound in a wide range of knowledge.

In most cases, you’d find out that these are the ones that go to class for lectures and afterward are nowhere to be found around the faculty. They are mainly seen studying in the libraries or quiet places where their study wouldn’t be truncated. They love their privacies so you can’t find them being sabotaged into doing things extra than the usual procedures or plans.

Note that all these facts on the categories of individuals at school aren't definite. They vary over the complete uniqueness of an individual.

Some individuals can be highly educated and still also show traits of the vibesters or the lavishers.
But in everything, be careful of the company you keep.

Whatever place you find yourselves, make sure you add your studies to them.

It's your primary assignment.

Boluwatife Oduleye

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A graphic designer, artist, student of psychology, sound engineer, writer and listening ear.

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